Bank service mechanism for automobiles



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United States Patent 3,152,662 BANK SERVICE MECHANISM FOR AUTGMUBILESMelvin S. Euros, Phoenix, Ariz., assignor to Diebold, Incorporated,Canton, Ohio, a corporation of Ghio Filed Mar. 17, 1961, Ser. No. 96,434ll Claim. (Cl. 186-1) This invention concerns bank service mechanism forautomobiles.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a tellers servicedrawer which operates in structure made a part of a bank tellers cageincluded in an outer wall of a building and disposed adjacent to adriveway so that automobiles positioned in the driveway can have readyaccess to the tellers drawer with a minimum of movement on the part ofthe automobile and so that the teller on the inside of the wall hasready access to the drawer when it is withdrawn into the wall.

Another object is to provide a bank tellers outside service drawercombined with wall structure which will be readily adjustable verticallyand will move in and out of the wall structure at any vertical positiondesired.

Still another object is to provide a structure and mechanism which willsupport and operate a bank tellers drawer so that it can be raised orlowered to any desired level and then operated outward to a positionadjacent the body of a parked automobile and may then be withdrawn intothe wall so that a teller in a cage on the inside of the wall may haveready access to the contents of the drawer.

Still another object is to provide a unit structure for holding andoperating a bank tellers outside service drawer that can be readilyinstalled in the wall of a building or a service bay that will provide atheft proof service structure that contains all the necessary workingparts to operate the service drawer up and down and in and out withreference to the point of service outside the wall and which unit may bereadily installed in an opening in a wall of a bank or service baytherein. only one levelling and truing operation.

Still another object is to provide a service drawer operating mechanismwherein all critical parts are protected from the fire of hold-upweapons and wherein the operating parts are securely protected behind orin the outside Wall of a bank or service bay therein.

Still another object is to provide the means for render ing the movingparts of the service drawer weather proof and proof against the loss ofcoins or the like within the tellers cage.

Still another object is to provide the service drawer operating unitwith means of easy access and means for support to obtain verticaladjustment of the service drawers structure using a minimum number ofsupporting parts.

I attain the foregoing objects by means of the structure, parts andcombinations of parts shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichFIGURE 1 is a plan view of a service unit installed in the wall of abank building and exposed on the outer wall and opening into a tellerscage on the inside of the wall;

FIGURE 2 is a front elevational view of the installation referred to inFIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a side elevational view, partially in section of theinstallation shown in FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 4 is an elevational view of the service drawer installation asviewed from the inside of the building adjacent the wall;

FIGURE 5 is a fragment of the moving service unit and the adjacentconfining structure showing a means and rendering the sliding jointbetween the moving and the stationary elements tight and proof againstthe loss of ice coins or small objects in portions of the openingoccupied by the service unit;

FIGURE 6 is a plan view of the unit drawn on a somewhat larger scale andsectioned off in part to show the supporting mechanism for the servicedrawer;

FIGURE 7 is a side elevational view of the structure shown in FIGURE 6;

FIGURE 8 is a section taken substantially on line 8-8 of FIGURE 2 anddrawn on a greatly enlarged scale showing means of slidably supportingthe movable drawer of the service unit in the supporting frame of theentire device;

FIGURE 9 is a isometric view of the service unit and connecting partsall drawn on a somewhat enlarged scale;

FIGURE 10 is a plan view of the lower part of the case containinghydraulic operating units;

FIGURE 11 is a plan view of the lower part of the operating mechanism;

FIGURE 12 is an end view of the operating mechanism; and

FIGURE 13 is a side view thereof.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts in the several views.

In the first four views 2 indicates the wall in which the service unitis to be installed. 3 indicates the service unit in general. 4 indicatesthe glass portion of the wall' above the level of the counter 5. Numeral6 designates the unit which is installed in wall 2 and which containsthe operational parts necessary to make the drawer 10 function asdesired. That is, to cause the drawer to move to various horizontallevels as indicated by arrow 11, in FIGURE 3, and to move in and outaway from and toward the outer face 12 of wall 2, as indicated by arrow14, FIGURE 3.

As shown in FIGURE 1 the unit 3 is installed within wall 2 at the frontand with its top within and level with the counter 5. As viewed inFIGURE 2, only the outside of the unit 3 is shown and the inneroperative parts are not visible. As shown in FIGURE 4 the unit 3 hasbeen installed in the front wall 2 of the building and its upper partextends into the glass window 4. The body of the unit 6, which containsthe working parts of the unit includes a movable part 25 which has aflat top with an opening so that the teller will have access to thedrawer 1%, as shown at 15, FIGURE 6. When the drawer It is extended, aspartially indicated in FIGURE 7, it protrudes outward from the upperpart of the case portion of the unit 3. A rectangular frame 16 isattached to the body 6 at its forward end and is used as a base in whichto fit the forward or outer portion of the unit 3 into the wall andparticularly into the glass portion of the window 4. This frame acts asa guide for a sliding protective shield plate 17, made of transparentmaterial such as heavy plastic, or the like. This. plate slides upwardthrough a slot in the top member of frame 16 and is disposed upward justin back of and parallel to the window glass 4. This shield plate 17forms a covering for the opening in the wall and the glass that isnecessary to permit movement of the drawer 10, as hereinafter explained.The upper movable part 25 telescopes over the lower body part 6, slidesin vertical frame I6, and carries drawer 10.

Apparatus, auxiliary to the operation of apparatus, such as the speakers18 and 18a, is included in the unit 6 as is the apparatus for operatingthe microphone 19 and other auxiliary apparatus. These items are not apart of the invention.

The body of the unit 3 rests on a base or foundation pan 23 which is setinto the cement 24 of the floor and foundation at the time these itemsare poured. This foundation pan has a rectangular open interior 26extending from its bottom 27 to the top rim 28. This rim is made ofangle iron or its equivalent and provides a flat flange 28a around theentire top edge of the rectangular box body of the pan. This flange isprovided with holes to receive bolts which secure mating holes in theflanges 30 on the body of unit 3. The service drawer is, in the formshown, a rectangular drawer with the front closed by plate 31 and theback closed by a similar plate. There is room on the inside of thedrawer to receive money, papers, books: or the like used in the bankservice operations. The drawer slides in and out of a movable upper partor frame structure 25' and this structure is movable in the outerstationary frame 16. The drawer is operated by hydraulic means includinga piston operating in a cylinder 65 when oil under pressure isintroduced into the cylinder in a conventional manner. The inner movableframe 25 is raised and lowered by a supporting piston rod or ram 33which is also operated by oil under pressure introduced into a cylinderin which the ram 33 operates. The controls for this mechanism arecontained in a box 35 and operate through electrical wiring 36 tocontrol valves and motor driven pumps within the area 37 of unit 3.

In order to slidably support the frame 25 which holds the sliding drawer10, I provide the two rollers 4t and 41 which run in vertical channels45 in inner face of the rear portion of the slide members 4-6 of frame16. These rollers guide the motion of the drawer frame 25 and supportthe rearwardly extending portion of the drawer in addition to thesupport afforded by piston rod 33. With this guiding means of supportand the ram piston 33 no other guides or supports are necessary tomaintain the vertically moving frame 25. The guides and supports for thehorizontally moving portion of the drawer proper are conventional andthere is a horizontally extending cylinder 65 on the bottom of drawer 10which has a piston attached to a stationary portion of the drawer frame25 so that introduction or removal of hydraulic fluid into or from thecylinder will operate the drawer in and out as desired. This motion isalso controlled by mechanism within space 37 of the unit 3 andcontrolled by conventional device in the box 35. This box may be set onor below the counter 5, as shown in FIGURE 4.

In the installation of this type of mechanism difliculty has heretoforebeen experienced in getting the moving parts coordinated with the wallstructure so that they do not cramp or bind. With this mechanism it willbe noticed that the frame 16 is disposed at the front of unit 3 and madea part of it and that the guide channels for the plate 17 are on theinner faces of this frame and are mated with the slot 43 through whichthe movable glass 17 extends. The movable part of the drawer 10,supported by rollers 45 in grooves 50 are also a part of the frame. Unit3 is self-contained and can be prepared and assembled at the factory.After the base pan 23 is installed and set in the cement foundation itis only necessary to set the unit in place on it and then add theadjoining parts of the wall 2 so that they abut the sides of the frame16. The glass 5 is cut with a notch to fit around the frame and then setin place with the edges of the notch bearing on the sides and top of theframe 16. This substantially completes the installation and no truing upof the guide slots is necessary.

Within the cabinet 3 there is operating mechanism consisting chiefly ofa motor 60 which operates a fluid pump 61 and delivers fluid, such asoil or the like to each of two hydraulic rams 33, which is used to raiseand lower the upper frame part 25 of the drawer mechanism and tocylinder 65 which controls the in and out movement of the drawer 10.

The oil pressure is controlled by a regulator 66 in any well known andconventional manner so that both cylinders will have limited force butwill operate smoothly throughout the range desired. The controls for thevalves that operate both 33 and 65 are contained in box 35, as abovementioned, and operate the valves by electrical means through cables asabove mentioned. The drawer 10 is operated by the cylinder and piston 65so that it has sufficient outward thrust for all practical ordinarypurposes but at the same time if it encounters an immovable objects theoil pressure will be shunted through a limit valve 67 and the drawerwill not advance against the positive resistance so as to cause damage.

It is to be noted that, as shown in FIGURE 10, the horizontal draweroperating mechanism is beneath the drawer and on top of the mechanism inthe cabinet. Since the drawer moves relative to the mechanism in cabinetunit 3, connection is made through flexible tubing 69 and 70.

From the foregoing it will be noted that the drawer supporting frameportion 25, which includes the guide on which the drawer operateshorizontally, is supported in the vertical frame 16 by the two rollers40 and 41.

This structure permits the drawer carrying frame 25 to move up and downwithin the stationary frame 16 and, within the limits of this travel,the drawer may be independently moved to or from its serving position asindicated in dotted lines in FIGURE 3. The drawer may thus serveautomobiles with high windows such as trucks or the lower windows suchas are found in compact cars, all with equal efficiency.

Since the upper outer part 6 of unit 3 moves up and down with referenceto counter 5 and the fittings and furniture within which the device isinstalled, I provide the mechanism shown in FIGURE 5 to form a sealbetween the moving and the stationary parts. In this figure the sides ofthe opening in the counter in which the device is installed areindicated by numeral 9%. Over this side member an angle iron strip 71 isattached. This strip has its flat vertical face 72 closely adjacent tothe vertical face 73 of the moving part of the cabinet. A brush likeclosure element 74 is attached to the top of the vertical face 72 ofstrip 71. The bristles of this brush are sufficiently stiff to deter theentrance of any small objects into the space 75 between the faces 72 and73. Thus, coins, pencils or the like will not drop down from the toparea 76 to the space 77 along the side of the cabinet, but the part 6 isfree to move within counter 5.

Having now described my invention and explained its use I wish to belimited only by the following claim.

I claim:

Bank service mechanism for automobiles consisting of a unit to beinstalled in the outer wall of a bank tellers compartment, including abase pan set into the floor of said compartment having a flanged upperedge, a stationary case unit containing the working parts of the devicehaving bottom flanges resting on the flange on said base pan, arectangular vertical frame having vertical side members and horizontaltop and bottom members attached to said stationary unit and adapted tobe set into said walls, said vertical frame members having slots in theforward portion thereof to receive the edges of a sliding transparentpanel, and having slots in the rear portion thereof to receive rollerson a movable frame structure, a movable frame structure having rollersengaging in the rear slots in said vertical frame members to slidablysupport said movable frame so that it will slide within said verticalframe and telescope over said stationary case unit; said movable framestructure having a top with an access opening to expose the sliding dooron the interior of said frame; said top vertical frame member having aslot to slidably receive a vertical transparent panel; a verticaltransparent panel attached to the top of said movable frame structureand disposed to slide through said slot; a hydraulic ram piston on thebottom of said movable frame structure operating in a cylinder in saidstationary case unit to support said movable frame structure and affordmeans for vertical movement of said frame structure, a tellers drawerslidably mounted in said movable frame structure to slide in and out ofsaid structure horizontally with reference to said vertical frame; ahydraulic piston and cylinder on said frame to provide support andsliding motion for said movable frame; hydraulic mechanism forindependently operating said ram piston and said piston and cylinder onsaid drawer; a counter on the frame structure above the drawer andhaving a drawer access opening to receive the lower stationary body partof said bank service apparatus and a strip of metal material having abrush attached on one side and directed toward the adjacent side of saidbody; and said brush being in movable contact with said movable frame onsaid stationary body part, to prevent small articles from falling fromsaid counter into space between said body part and said counter.

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